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Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Oversight: Provide leadership and oversight to the quality inspection team to ensure timely and proper product inspection for customer delivery. Reports directly to top management.
• QMS Management: Monitor, audit, and update the Quality Management System (QMS) to ensure policies and procedures are current and followed.
• Quality Reporting: Provide comprehensive quality reporting and updates to plant leadership and the executive team, highlighting key metrics and improvement areas.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive Root Cause and Corrective Actions (RCCA) and Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) to enhance overall product quality and delivery.
• Policy Maintenance: Update and maintain quality policies and procedures to ensure compliance with AS9100D and other certification standards.
• Reliability Assurance: Ensure the reliability and consistency of production by devising inspection procedures, monitoring operations, and supervising staff.
• Audit Leadership: Lead internal audit teams, set schedules, conduct training, and interact with third-party auditors during audits. Lead Auditor experience preferred.

Additional Responsibilities

• Oversee all quality aspects of the facility, including monitoring operations that affect quality, supervising inspectors, and ensuring legal standards are met.
• Facilitate proactive solutions by collecting and analyzing quality data, reporting malfunctions, and proposing immediate actions.
• Maintain records of quality reports, statistical reviews, and relevant documentation; ensure all legal standards are met and communicated effectively with external quality assurance officers.
• Complete customer surveys in a thorough and timely manner; lead interactions with visiting auditors throughout audit activities.
• Create various quality reports as needed or directed; assist QA with corrective/preventive action requests and enter data in the ERP system.
• Assist with training documentation, maintain the training matrix, and complete special projects assigned by management.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of quality experience in an aerospace manufacturing environment. At least 5 years of QA leadership is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for detailed information exchange with customers, coworkers, and management.
• Must be able to interact positively and professionally to develop and maintain strong working relationships.
• Highly skilled at reading and interpreting procedure manuals, policies, prints, models, drawings, and work instructions.
• Proficiency in basic math, including whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and the ability to calculate proportions and percentages.
• Effective time management and task prioritization to meet deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office and the ability to learn new software quickly; ERP system power-user experience preferred.
• Clear, legible handwriting with the ability to take quick and accurate notes; strong grammar and spelling skills.
• Must be capable of utilizing and adapting to the ERP system effectively.